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In this blog post, we'll give insight into what's going on in the global wholesale energy market, to help you better understand trends in UK tariff prices. Now more than ever, while the ongoing gas crisis sees energy prices stay highs, we're committed to fair prices that truly reflect the cost of the energy we supply you.

I wanted to talk a bit about some of the ways we work hard to win your trust: from obsessing about our email and bill language to creating unexpected features to surprise and delight.

The price of Flexible Octopus, our standard variable tariff, price is changing, and we're introducing a Loyal Octopus support. Here's what you need to know.

Rooting for each other: Octopus Energy join Green Task Force to plant 20,000 trees in support of veterans mental health

We're introducing a new long term fixed tariff alongside our existing ones, giving customers the option to lock prices in over 3 years. This means we'll be buying years' worth of energy up front. Our Founder Greg writes about how we'll be able to give customers the option of a genuinely affordable tariff and the security of a fixed price throughout the energy crisis.

You can give to charity through your Octopus bills.

Our Little Change account feature lets you round up your bill to donate to three great organisations: National Energy Action, Citizens Advice, and Renewable World.

Our cutting-edge trial in partnership with National Grid ESO gives customers all over the UK free electricity for moving power use out of the dirtiest times of day.

Read about our 2021 Octopus Energy Equality Internship, an 8-week crash course in tech and customer operations.

Today, the energy regulator Ofgem published the new ‘energy price cap’, which is the maximum suppliers can charge for a variable tariff from April 2022. This guide helps answer the key questions our team has been answering since the announcement. We'll keep updating it as more information becomes available.

28 energy suppliers went bust in 2021, so some customers are understandably wondering if their supplier could be going the same way. We're different: the UK's fifth largest supplier (and now operating in 14 countries globally). Read all about how we've scaled and how we're supporting customers through the crisis.

Is your meter approaching the end of its operational use? Most meters have a ‘certified until’ date which is essentially the same as a ‘best before’ date.

Certification periods are allocated by the Office for Product Safety and Standards (the OPSS) and meters need be replaced once they've passed this.

In a future powered by 100% renewable energy, we're going to need to be able to call on green electrons when we need them. Given that we can't make the sun shine and the wind blow on demand, where is this flexibility going to come from? Energy storage might just be the solution we've been waiting for.

As we continue to face the energy crisis, we wanted to share some results from the first month of our Winter Workout gas saving challenge, and talk a little more about how we're helping customers.

Being Britain’s most awarded energy supplier is about a whole lot more than cheaper deals. With the energy sector in crisis, and countless suppliers going bust, you need to be able to trust that we’re here to stay and we’ll do what’s right. Here are a few things you should know.

In our Spotlight series, we'll introduce you to some of the brilliant people behind the scenes at Octopus. In this blog I'm talking to Kerry who splits her time between leading operations teams, community managers and getting stuck in with social channels and development too!

At COP26, we signed a deal with Sterlite Power to help unlock smart green power systems in both India and the UK. Read all about how our new deal with these power transmission experts can accelerate decarbonisation of India and bring crucial transformation to the UK’s legacy grid.

Octopus Energy is made up of 1000+ fantastic people working on stuff you'd never expect, all pushing hard towards a shared goal. In this Spotlight series blog we'll be get inside look at Octopus Energy Electric Vehicles, and their amazing Director of Operations, Gurjeet.

We've formed a new partnership with Canadian Pension Plan Investments (CPP Investments), one of the world’s largest pension funds. They’ll be providing an initial US$300 million equity funding for our global mission – and that’ll hopefully just be the start of something much bigger.